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Should Touch Screen Tablets Be Used to Improve Educational Outcomes in Primary School Children in Developing Countries? [PDF]

open access: yesFront Psychol, 2016
The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development aims to “ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all” (United Nations, 2015).
Hubber PJ   +5 more
europepmc   +6 more sources

Bray, M. (2009). Confronting the shadow education system: what government policies for what private tutoring? Paris: International Institute for Educational Planning. [Book review] [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
Book review of: Bray, M. (2009). Confronting the shadow education system: what government policies for what private tutoring? Paris: International Institute for Educational Planning.
Askerc, Katarina   +1 more
core   +1 more source

Home language, school language and children's literacy attainments: A systematic review of evidence from low‐ and middle‐income countries

open access: yesReview of Education, Volume 7, Issue 1, Page 91-150, February 2019., 2019
The general consensus in the field is that when the home language is different from the language of instruction in school then children's literacy attainments could slow down. In this 26‐year review of the literature on children's literacy attainments in low‐ to middle‐income countries, 40 correlational, ethnographic and intervention studies provide ...
Sonali Nag   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Literacy Practices and Schooling: A Case Study from Mozambique [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
A novel approach to the assessment of literacy is used to tackle the issue of effectiveness of years of schooling. The dichotomy inherent in the literacy rate is rejected in favor of a " practice-based" approach, which considers literacy as a ...
Esposito, L., Kebede, B., Maddox, B.
core   +1 more source

Unwanted Literal Translation: An Underdiscussed Problem in International Achievement Studies

open access: yesEducation Research International, Volume 2012, Issue 1, 2012., 2012
In international achievement studies, a common test is typically used which is translated into the languages of the participating countries. For the test to be valid, all the translations and different‐language test versions need to be equally difficult to read and answer. An underestimated and underdiscussed threat to this validity is unwanted literal
Inga Arffman, Gwo-Jen Hwang
wiley   +1 more source

How effective are poor schools? Poverty and educational outcomes in South Africa [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
There is a well-known debate about the roles of geography versus institutions in explaining the long-term development of countries. These debates have usually been based on cross-country regressions where questions about parameter heterogeneity ...
van der Berg, Servaas
core   +1 more source

Language Teaching in Content Subjects: Post Initial Teacher Education Narratives of South African Beginner Teachers

open access: yesTESOL Journal, Volume 16, Issue 4, December 2025.
ABSTRACT This study examined how beginner teachers integrate language teaching into content subjects after their initial teacher education (ITE). Grounded in a blend of pedagogical theories, sociocultural perspectives, and reflective practice frameworks, it examined the experiences of 10 participants from a previous 2021 study when they were pre ...
Nhlanhla Mpofu
wiley   +1 more source

PROTOCOL: Interventions for improving learning outcomes and access to education in low‐ and middle‐income countries: a systematic review

open access: yes, 2017
Campbell Systematic Reviews, Volume 13, Issue 1, Page 1-82, 2017.
Birte Snilstveit   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Economic freedom and the quality of education

open access: yesKyklos, Volume 78, Issue 1, Page 86-110, February 2025.
Abstract This paper finds robust evidence that economic freedom improves the quality of education. This is probably mainly because economic freedom incentivizes parents to invest in high‐quality education for their children and helps them to do so. It also incentivizes and helps both governments and private providers to deliver high‐quality education ...
Horst Feldmann
wiley   +1 more source

PROTOCOL: The Effects of School‐Based Decision Making on Educational Outcomes in Low and Middle Income Contexts: A Systematic Review

open access: yes, 2014
Campbell Systematic Reviews, Volume 10, Issue 1, Page 1-46, 2014.
Roy Carr‐Hill   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

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